The Kansas City Star on Friday reported that the Missouri General Assembly will very likely do nothing with the various ethics reform bills currently generating dust on the shelves of the twin-headed hydra in Jefferson City. Apparently only five of ...

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A Missouri House committee has approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would alter the Nonpartisan Court Plan. The vote today by the House Special Standing Committee on General Laws sends the proposal to a rules committee, which will decide if ...

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A former state representative from St. Louis County was found not guilty on Friday of sexual assault charges in Cole County. Clay County jurors took four hours to find Scott Muschany not guilty on Friday of a felony charge of ...

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State Rep. Sally Faith said she gets about 100 e-mails and 30 or 40 phone calls each day from people concerned about potential cuts to the state’s budget. But Faith, who sits on the House Budget Committee, and several other ...

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Advocates for fair housing called on the Missouri General Assembly to pass legislation to give tenants notice of foreclosure proceedings against their landlords. Legislation introduced in the state Senate by Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, would require lenders or trustees ...

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The Missouri General Assembly has overwhelmingly rejected a pay proposal that could have raised salaries for elected officials and judges. The Missouri Citizens’ Commission on Compensation approved a proposal in late 2008 stipulating a raise for most judges and elected ...

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Blind Missourians won a partial victory in the Court of Appeals this week when the court held that state agencies miscalculated increases to the state’s blind pension fund for more than a decade. The case was one of 11 handed ...

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